Population growth, increasing urbanisation and social change pose new challenges for architecture and urban planning. Reflecting these processes of change, Superscape opens a creative space for unconventional ideas meant to deliver new impulses to real-life architectural output and urban development. The biannual prize seeks to encourage innovative and visionary architectural concepts exploring new models of living and strategies for inhabiting an urban context over a broad expanse of 30 years.

Register: 05/31/2017, Submit: 05/31/2017, Eligibility: Young architects and building professionals in field: architecture, urban planning, landscape architecture, architectural engineering (sustainable or integrated design), architectural criticism; born outside the US, not older than 38 years on December 31, 2017; naturalized citizens or a permanent residents US (green card holders) or holders of an H1B or O-1 visa, who living and working in the US at least 5 years, Fee: Free, Awards: 3 prizes per 50,000 USD each

The Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise were established in 2009 as a complement to the Vilcek Prizes, to encourage and support young immigrants who have already demonstrated exceptional achievements, and who often face significant challenges early in their careers. As with the Vilcek Prizes, the Creative Promise Prizes are awarded annually in biomedical science and in a changing category of the arts, next year recognizing accomplishments in the field of architecture.